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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 3, 1908.

Patented April 7, 1908.

Serial No. 409,128.

To all whom it may concern:

I Be it known that we, JOHN W. TAYLOR and ROBERT F. TAYLOR, citizens ofthe i is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings.

Our invention relates to improvements in gloves or similar devices to beworn upon the hands to assist expressmen in handling boxes and packages,by linemen to assist them in climbing telephone or telegraph poles andfor similar purposes.

One object of the invention is to provide a simple and practical deviceof this character by means of which a secure grip may be easily had uponany article or object, and which will protect the hand and enable a muchsurer grip to be had than with the naked hand.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich may be worn u on the naked hand or over an ordinary g ove andwhich may be quickly and easily applied or removed and readily adjustedto fit the hand.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of thenovel features of construction and the combination and arrangement ofparts hereinafter described and claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figures 1 and 2 are views of the frontand back of the device showing it applied; Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsection through the device;

Fig. 4 is a transverse section through the wrist band; and Figs. 5 and 6are longitudinal and transverse sectional views respectively through amodified form of thimble.

The preferred embodiment of our invention comprises four spur carryingthimbles 1, 2, 3, 4, to be worn upon the thumb and first three fingersof the hands and to be adjustably connected by straps to a wrist band 5.All of the thimbles are tapered and the one for the thumb is providedwith a hookshaped spur 6, arranged upon its front adjacent to its outerend, and two eyes 7, 8 arranged adjacent to the inner end of saidthimble upon its opposite sides. Each of the thimbles 2, 3, 4, isprovided with a similar hook-shaped s ur 9 which is arranged at theouter end of t e front of the thimble and projects beyond said outer endso that the finger end may engage the curved back face of the hook orspur, Said thimbles 2, 3, 4, are ada ted to extend over the secondjoints of the rst three fingers and upon the inner end of each of them,at the front, is an eye 10 and at the back a hook or headed projection11. Each of the thimbles is preferably made from a single piece of sheetmetal as shown in the first three figures of the drawings but they maybe otherwise constructed. and if desired they may be made as shown inFigs. 5 and 6 in which the spurs, the eyes and the hooks are formedseparate from the body portions of the thimbles and united thereto byrivets.

The wrist band 5 is preferably comparatively broad and it is adapted tobe adjusted by one or more buckles or the like 12. As shown two of thelatter are attached by loops 13 to the outer face of the band a suitabledistance from one of its ends and the other end of the latter is notchedto form two tongues or straps 14 apertured to receive the tongues of thebuckles. The notched end of the band overlaps the other end of thelatter so that the flesh of the wrist will not be pinched when the bandis tightened. Arranged upon the outer face of the wrist band andextending around the center of the same is a strap which is sewed orotherwise secured at intervals to form a plurality of guide loops 15adapted to receive the adjusting straps between the wrist band and thethimbles to prevent said straps from shifting on the wrist band.

The thimble 1 for the thumb is preferably adjustably connected to thewrist band by a sin le strap 16 passed around the wrist band an throughone of the guide loops 15 and having one of its ends passed through andsecured to the eye 7 on the thimble 1 and its other end passed throughthe other eye 8 and apertured to receive the tongue of an ad'ustingbuckle 17 secured upon the interme iate portion of said strap. Uponreference to Fig. 2 it will be seen that when the apertured end of thestrap 16 is drawn through the buckle 17 said strap will slide throughthe eye 8, the loop 15 and around the wrist band to draw the thimble 1down upon the thumb so that it will be held thereon and in its pro erposition when the apertured end of sai strap is engaged with the tongueof the buckle.

Each of the finger thimbles 2, 3, 4, is adjustably connected to thewrist band by a strap 18 arranged upon the inner side or palm of the hanThis strap passes through one of the eyes 10, around the wrist band,through one of the guide loops 15 on the latter and has its endsadjustably connected by a buckle 19. The straps 18 slide freely throughthe eyes 10, the loops 15 and around the wrist band so that they maybereadily lengthened or shortened by means of the buckles. also serve askeeper loops for the free ends of the straps 18 as shown in Fig. 1. Thefinger thimbles 2, 3, 4, are also adjustably connected to the wrist bandby a single strap 20 which is arranged upon the back side of the hand.This strap is laced back and forth between the wrist band and the hooks11 upon the back of the finger thimbles and as shown in Fig. 2 it hasone of its ends a ertured to engage the hook upon the thimb e 3. Fromthis hook the strap extends down wardly through one of the loops 15,then around the wrist band, then upwardly and around the hook on thethimble 4, then downwardly again through another of the guide loops 15,then around the wrist band' again and then upwardly, its other end beingformed with a series of apertures, one of which is adapted to receivethe hook upon the thimble 2 to adj ustably secure said end of the strap.It will be understood that the strap 20 may be otherwise laced and thatequlvalent adjustable connections may be rovided between the thimblesand the wrist and upon either the front of the hand, its back, or both.

The construction, use and advantages of a the invention will be readilyunderstood.

The device may be put to a variety of uses, for example, it may be wornby express and freight men to facilitate handling boxes and packages, itmay be worn by linemen to facilitate climbing telegraph and telephonepoles and it may be worn by ice men, policemen and others. The devicecan be worn u on the naked hand or over ordinary gloves. T fieembodiment of the invention illustrated is designed for use upon theright hand but it will be understood that the devices are to be usedupon both hands.

While we have shown and described the referred embodiment of ourinvention it will e understood that we do not wish to be limited to theprecise construction set forth and that various changes in the form,proportion and minor details may be resorted to without departingfromthe spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described our invention what we claim is:

1. A hand covering of the character described, comprising a wrist band,spur carrying finger thimbles and flexible adjusting straps between thethimbles and wrist band.

2. A hand covering of the character de- The last mentioned guide loops15 scribed, comprising a wrist band, spur carrying finger thimbles andflexible straps connecting the thimbles and wristband upon both thefront and back of the hand.

3. A hand covering of the character described, comprising a wrist band,s ur carrying finger thimbles and adjustab e connections between saidthimbles and said wrist band.

4. A hand covering of'the character described, comprising a Wrist band,spur carrying finger thimbles, connecting straps slidably engaged withthe thimbles and wrist band, and adjusting buckles uniting the ends ofsaid straps.

5. A hand covering of the character described, comprising a wrist band,spur carrying finger thimbles and a single adjusting strap laced backand forth between the wrist band and said thimbles.

6. A hand covering of the character described, comprising a wrist band,spur carrying finger thimbles, hooks upon the thimbles, guide loops uponthe wrist band and a single adjusting strap laced back and forth betweenthe wrist band and thimbles, said strap being passed around the wristband and through said loops and being engaged with the hooks upon thethimbles.

7. A hand covering of the character described, comprising a wrist band,a spur carrying finger thimble provided with an eye, a loop upon thewrist band, a stra through the loop, around the wrist and and throughsaid eye, and a buckle upon one end of the strap to receive the otherend of the same.

8. A hand covering of the character described, comprising a Wrist band,a finger thimble formed with an, eye, an integral spur and an integralhook, said eye and hook being arranged at opposite points at the innerend of the thimble and the spur being hookshaped and arranged at theouter end of the thimble, and flexible connections between the wristband and the eye and between the wrist band and the hook.

9. A hand covering of the character de' scribed, comprising a wristband, a spur carrying thimble provided at its inner end at oppositepoints with eyes, a connecting and ad justing strap slidably engagedwith the wrist band and having one end secured to one of said eyes andits other end slidably engaged with the other eye and means foradjustably securing the last mentioned end of the strap.

10. A hand covering of the character described, comprising a wrist band,means for adjusting the same, spur carrying finger thimbles andadjusting straps between the latter and the wrist band.

11. A hand covering of the character described, comprising a broad wristband notched at one end to provide tongues or straps, buckles arrangedupon the band adjacent to its other end and adapted to rethumb thimbceive said tongues or straps, a strap extending around the wrist bandand secured thereto at intervals to provide guide loops, spur carryingfinger thimbles and adjusting straps connected to the thimbles andpassed around the wrist band and throu h said loops.

12. A hand covering 0% the character described, comprising a wrist band,a strap eX tending around the same and secured thereto at intervals toprovide guide loops, spur carrying finger thimbles provided with eyes,and adjusting straps passed around the wrist band and through said guideloops and said e es.

13. A hand covering of the character described, comprising a wrist band,a strap extending around the same and secured thereto at intervals torovide guide loops, spur carrying finger t 'mbles provided with eyes,hooks upon said thimbles, at points opposite said eyes, adjusting strapspassed around the wrist band and through certain of said guide loops andsaid eyes, and an adjusting strap laced back and forth between the wristband and thimbles, said strap being engaged With the hooks upon thethimbles and being passed around the wrist band and through certain ofsaid guide loops.

14. A hand covering of the character de scribed, comprising anadjustable wrist band, guide loops upon the latter, a spur carrying eprovided at opposite points with eyes, an adjusting strap passed aroundthe wrist band and through one of said loops, one end being attached toone of the eyes and its other end slidably enga ed with the other eye, abuckle for securing t 1e last mentioned end of the strap, spur carryingfinger thimbles provided with eyes and hooks, the latter being arrangedopposite the eyes, adjusting straps passed through the eyes on thefinger thimbles, around the wrist band and through certain of said guideloops, buckles uniting the ends of the last mentioned straps, and anadjusting strap laced back and forth between the wrist band and saidfinger thirnbles, said strap being engaged with the hooks on the fingerthimbles and passed around the wrist band and through certain of saidguide loops.

15. A hand covering of the character described, comprising a wrist band,spur carrying finger thimbles, connecting straps slidably engaged withthe thimbles and wrist band and means for adjustably securing the endsof said straps.

In testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signatures in the presence oftwo witnesses.

JOHN W. TAYLOR. ROBERT F. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

A. D. CLARK, J. A. WYATT.

